SHE was a real treasure to the disabled woman.

The teenage girl was a regular visitor to the Holmfirth woman’s home, helping with chores including cooking, cleaning and walking her dog.

But yesterday, a court heard how the youngster stole from the woman who had grown to trust her.

The 16-year-old stole the money when the 54-year-old woman became housebound due to a broken ankle.

The GCSE student was asked to take her bank card and withdraw cash for her. However she kept the £130 for herself and lied to police that someone else must have been responsible.

Yesterday Huddersfield Youth Court sitting at Dewsbury heard how the teenager changed her story several times to fit in with the evidence.

She also tried to paint a the woman as a “drunkard” who had been confused when she visited her before the money disappeared from her account.

Magistrates heard that the woman lived on her own and was “vulnerable” as she was registered disabled after suffering from arthritis, glaucoma and depression.

Mark Haigh, prosecuting, said that on May 19 the teenager attended the woman's home as she frequently did to run errands for her.

He said that she asked the teenager to withdraw some money for her and trusted her to go by herself to the cashpoint at Morrisons as she had broken her ankle.

But the teenager didn’t return and when the woman’s friend came round at 10.30pm he noticed her bank card behind the front door as if it had been pushed through the letterbox.